CVE-2016-7406

highpriority · track · 43EPSS 0.102 · 96 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

10.2% (96th) EPSS

CVSS 10 · high

Is it mine?

5 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Format string vulnerability in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the (1) username or (2) host argument.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

FixedSICK MARSIC300 with Firmware <1EU4_220310sick_psirt
SICK has released a new version of the SICK MARSIC300 firmware and recommends updating to the newest version.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

10.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 9–10

v2.010highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 10

v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.09criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.19.8criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · SICK PSIRT DE

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USprimaryCWE-20USCWE-20US

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Matt Johnston Dropbear SSH≤ 2016.74fstec_bduRU
dropbear ssh project dropbear ssh≤ 2016.73nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
SICK MARSIC300 with Firmware 1EU4 220310all versionsfixedsick_psirtDE
SICK MARSIC300 with Firmware <1EU4_220310all versionssick_psirtDE

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

SCA-2022-0007Vulnerabilities in SICK MARSIC3002022-04-21csaf · sick_psirtDE
SICK received a report about multiple security vulnerabilities in the SICK MARSIC300 device. The security vulnerabilities are caused by the third-party library Dropbear, which is used by the SICK MARSIC300 to provide SSH communication. A successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could lead to a remote code execution. SICK has released a new version of the SICK MARSIC300 firmware and recommends updating to the newest version.

also known as (6)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd sick_psirt NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-03-03modified 2026-06-17

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references (16)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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